Apr 6, 2020 | Covid 19, Criminal defence
We have set these measures out below In less serious matters where the Police have sufficient evidence to prove all elements of the offence, the person in custody will not be interviewed, thereby reducing the amount of people they are in contact with. They will...
Apr 6, 2020 | Covid 19, Criminal defence, News, Prison law
Selected low-risk offenders, within weeks of their release dates, will be electronically tagged and temporarily released on licence in stages. Offenders can be recalled at the first sign of concern. Violent and sexual offenders and those of security concern will...
Jan 5, 2019 | Criminal defence
Anyone who looks at what words and phrases people are searching for online when they’re looking for a defence solicitor quickly realises that a lot of the phrases used to search the internet for criminal defence services in the UK are American. This phenomenon has...
Dec 1, 2018 | Benefit fraud, Criminal defence
Benefit fraud costs UK taxpayers millions of pounds every year. Offenders are often caught when people they know report them to the Benefit Fraud Hotline or during routine checks. If action is being taken against you following a benefit fraud investigation, it’s...
Nov 17, 2018 | Criminal defence, White collar crime
The phrase ‘white collar offence’ was first coined by sociologist Edwin Sutherland, who defined it as ‘a crime committed by a person of respectability and high social status in the course of his occupation’. This description is clearly dated, but nearly 80 years on,...
Oct 30, 2018 | Criminal defence, News
We are delighted to announce the expansion of our criminal law team at our Corporation Street offices in Birmingham. Purcell Parker’s team of 14 solicitors and advocates deal with a range of criminal offences in Coventry, Leamington and Wolverhampton as well as...
